Before our first freeze I grabbed all my garden peppers and decided to try my luck at making some hot sauces with them.
Ive pickle jalapenos before and watched my dad make home made jellies, so I have some basic experience with safety procedures.
I boiled my peppers, garlic, onion in water for 5-10 minutes. I boiled my jars, lids, funnel, tools for 10 minutes. I sanitized my blender/food processor. I drained the water and put the peppers and other ingredients in blender with some agave nectar and vinegar and pureed my blend. I funneled it into the jar while still super hot. I've waited about 3 weeks now and I opened one up. When I did it exploded and then started fizzing a whole bunch. Obviously the mixture fermented. My guess is, and it was an after thought that I didn't cook the agave nectar, and this likely lead to yeast getting in.
Do you think this is safe to consume? And what should I have done better?
Ive pickle jalapenos before and watched my dad make home made jellies, so I have some basic experience with safety procedures.
I boiled my peppers, garlic, onion in water for 5-10 minutes. I boiled my jars, lids, funnel, tools for 10 minutes. I sanitized my blender/food processor. I drained the water and put the peppers and other ingredients in blender with some agave nectar and vinegar and pureed my blend. I funneled it into the jar while still super hot. I've waited about 3 weeks now and I opened one up. When I did it exploded and then started fizzing a whole bunch. Obviously the mixture fermented. My guess is, and it was an after thought that I didn't cook the agave nectar, and this likely lead to yeast getting in.
Do you think this is safe to consume? And what should I have done better?